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Acknowledgments; Stepping out: a prologue on diction, structure, magicand democracy; 1 Lore: on voice, music, care and thrift; 2 Sentencing: on thecraft of the sentence; 3 Grace: on style, economy and poise; 4. Poetics: oncreative writing; 5 Attitude: on manners and your reader; 6 Shapely thoughts:on thought, planning, structure and paragraphs; Amen: an epilogue on beauty,honesty and civility; Further reading.